Glad to see
Voices Carry made the team! Fabulous song and a great arrangement (if a bit "of its time").
Not sure if this is famous enough for all y'all, but Sinead Lohan's
No Mermaid is a contender, I would opine.
Howzabout Patty Griffin's
One Big Love? It certainly got "adult contemporary" airplay in the Boston area.
I also very much like Emmylou Harris' cover of
One Big Love from her fabulous but
very bleak album
Red Dirt Girl.
Not much on Madonna, but I really do like
Crazy for You. The internet says 1985, so in scope.
Similarly, I think that Cindy Lauper's
Time After Time is exceptional. Aww, shoot. 1983, sez the internet.